This popular resource addresses all areas of family health with an emphasis on promoting health and wellness and family self-care. Formerly known as Nurses and Family Health Promotion, this new edition is now entitled Promoting Health in Families, indicating a more proactive approach to working with families. Five new chapters reflect the changing dimensions of family health care and family life. In addition, the new edition introduces an international perspective, recognizing the commonalities of family life across cultures and features special boxes addressing family health promotion issues in Canada.

Key Features

Presents a unique focus on health promotion and illness prevention for families.

Addresses all major areas of family life, such as culture, roles, communication, stress management, nutrition, spirituality, sexuality, and recreation.

Provides a theoretical and historical perspective of family health and family nursing.

Focuses on the nursing process in the discussion of family care, especially specific interventions to use when working with families.

Emphasizes key information through pedagogical features such as chapter objectives and chapter highlights.

A diverse contributor panel includes experts from all areas of family health, both within nursing and in other health disciplines.

New to this Edition

Unique! A new chapter, Family Health Promotion During Life Threatening Illness and End of Life (Chapter 18), addresses families experiencing life-threatening illnesses and the end-of-life stage.

Unique! A new chapter, Health Promotion of Families in Rural Settings (Chapter 20), describes the unique health care issues of families who live in rural settings.

Theoretical Foundations for Family Health Nursing Practice (Chapter 4) presents an overview of the theories specific to family nursing.

Using the Nursing Process with Families (Chapter 10) is devoted to all stages of the nursing process as applied to families.

Family Health Promotion and Family Nursing in the New Millennium (Chapter 22) discusses the state of family health at the beginning of the twenty-first century and the potential effect of current and future trends.

Unique! Canadian Perspective boxes highlight family nursing care practices in Canada, providing an international Perspective.

Offers more assessment tools that provide guidance for nurses as they assess and determine interventions for families in their care.

Unit I: Foundations of Nursing Care of Families and Family Health Promotion

1. Introduction to Family Health Nursing and Promoting Family Health 2. The Twenty-First Century Family 3. Family Health Promotion and Health Protection

Unit II: Conceptual Frameworks for Nursing Practice to Promote and Protect Family Health

4. Theoretical Foundations for Family Health Nursing Practice (NEW) 5. Family Roles 6. Family Social Support 7. Family Communication 8. Family Spirituality and Religion 9. Sociocultural Influences on Family Health Promotion and Health Protection

Unit III: Family Nursing Practice

10. Using the Nursing Process with Families (NEW) 11. Family Assessment and Intervention 12. Family Health Protection 13. Family Nutrition 14. Family Stress Management 15. Family Sexuality 16. Family Routines, Rituals, Recreation, and Rules 17. Family Health Promotion During Transitions 18. Family Health Promotion During Life Threatening Illness and End of Life (NEW) 19. Family Environmental Health 20. Health Promotion of Families in Rural Settings (NEW)

Unit IV: Social and Family Policy and the Future of Family Health

21. Influences of Social and Health Policies on Family Health 22. Family Health Promotion and Family Nursing in the New Millennium (NEW)

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This popular resource addresses all areas of family health with an emphasis on promoting health and wellness and family self-care. Formerly known as Nurses and Family Health Promotion, this new edition is now entitled Promoting Health in Families, indicating a more proactive approach to working with families. Five new chapters reflect the changing dimensions of family health care and family life. In addition, the new edition introduces an international perspective, recognizing the commonalities of family life across cultures and features special boxes addressing family health promotion issues in Canada.

Key Features

Presents a unique focus on health promotion and illness prevention for families.

Addresses all major areas of family life, such as culture, roles, communication, stress management, nutrition, spirituality, sexuality, and recreation.

Provides a theoretical and historical perspective of family health and family nursing.

Focuses on the nursing process in the discussion of family care, especially specific interventions to use when working with families.

Emphasizes key information through pedagogical features such as chapter objectives and chapter highlights.

A diverse contributor panel includes experts from all areas of family health, both within nursing and in other health disciplines.

New to this Edition

Unique! A new chapter, Family Health Promotion During Life Threatening Illness and End of Life (Chapter 18), addresses families experiencing life-threatening illnesses and the end-of-life stage.

Unique! A new chapter, Health Promotion of Families in Rural Settings (Chapter 20), describes the unique health care issues of families who live in rural settings.

Theoretical Foundations for Family Health Nursing Practice (Chapter 4) presents an overview of the theories specific to family nursing.

Using the Nursing Process with Families (Chapter 10) is devoted to all stages of the nursing process as applied to families.

Family Health Promotion and Family Nursing in the New Millennium (Chapter 22) discusses the state of family health at the beginning of the twenty-first century and the potential effect of current and future trends.

Unique! Canadian Perspective boxes highlight family nursing care practices in Canada, providing an international Perspective.

Offers more assessment tools that provide guidance for nurses as they assess and determine interventions for families in their care.

Table of Contents

Unit I: Foundations of Nursing Care of Families and Family Health Promotion

1. Introduction to Family Health Nursing and Promoting Family Health 2. The Twenty-First Century Family 3. Family Health Promotion and Health Protection

Unit II: Conceptual Frameworks for Nursing Practice to Promote and Protect Family Health

4. Theoretical Foundations for Family Health Nursing Practice (NEW) 5. Family Roles 6. Family Social Support 7. Family Communication 8. Family Spirituality and Religion 9. Sociocultural Influences on Family Health Promotion and Health Protection

Unit III: Family Nursing Practice

10. Using the Nursing Process with Families (NEW) 11. Family Assessment and Intervention 12. Family Health Protection 13. Family Nutrition 14. Family Stress Management 15. Family Sexuality 16. Family Routines, Rituals, Recreation, and Rules 17. Family Health Promotion During Transitions 18. Family Health Promotion During Life Threatening Illness and End of Life (NEW) 19. Family Environmental Health 20. Health Promotion of Families in Rural Settings (NEW)

Unit IV: Social and Family Policy and the Future of Family Health

21. Influences of Social and Health Policies on Family Health 22. Family Health Promotion and Family Nursing in the New Millennium (NEW)

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Being online is not required for reading an eTextbook after successfully downloading it. You must only be connected to the Internet during the download process.

Copying - Books that cannot be copied will show "Not Allowed." Otherwise, this will detail the number of times it can be copied, or "Allowed with no limits."

Printing - Books that cannot be printed will show "Not Allowed." Otherwise, this will detail the number of times it can be printed, or "Allowed with no limits."

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Reading Aloud - Books enabled with the "text-to-speech" feature so that they can be read aloud will show "Allowed."

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Min. Software Version - This is the minimum software version needed to read this book.

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